La Parade (notre histoire)

La Parade is a very personal documentary. The filmmaker is from this region; many of the protagonists are his friends, and there are echoes of his own coming out in the off-screen commentary. A clever montage constructs episodes from the long period of preparation and recurring set-backs with highlights from the last hours filled with anticipation before the “parade” to form an arch of dramatic tension: whereas the place of assembly was still empty in the rain in the early hours of the morning, the clouds opened up during the day and a growing crowd poured into the narrow streets of Sion. (Cinema, Switzerland)